Turning to Stone - Hardcover - Marcia Bjornerud

Description: Earth is vibrantly alive and full of wisdom for those who learn to listen.Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks. Yet most of us live our lives on the planet with no idea of its extraordinary history, unable to interpret the language of the rocks that surround us. Geologist Marcia Bjornerud believes that our lives can be enriched by understanding our heritage on this old and creative planet.Contrary to their reputation, rocks have eventful lives–and they intersect with our own in surprising ways. In Turning to Stone, Bjornerud reveals how rocks are the hidden infrastructure that keep the planet functioning, from sandstone aquifers purifying the water we drink to basalt formations slowly regulating global climate.Bjornerud’s life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery in the geosciences. From an insular girlhood in rural Wisconsin, she found her way to an unlikely career studying mountains in remote parts of the world and witnessed the emergence of a new understanding of the Earth as an animate system of rock, air, water and life. We are all, most fundamentally, Earthlings and we can find existential meaning and enduring wisdom in stone.

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Publication Name: Turning to Stone

Title: Turning to Stone

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

Subtitle: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks

Type: History

EAN: 9781250875891

ISBN: 9781250875891

Release Year: 2024

Era: 2020s

ISBN-10: 1250875897

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Narrator: Rebecca Stern

Release Date: 08/13/2024

Book Title: Turning to Stone : Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Topic: Earth Sciences / Geology, Rocks & Minerals, Essays

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2024

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Nature, Science

Item Weight: 13.8 Oz

Item Length: 8.6 in

Author: Marcia. Bjornerud

Item Width: 5.8 in

Format: Hardcover